Darren Weir has strengthened his hand in the VRC Oaks after Verry Elleegant scored a brave win in the Group Three Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield.

Verry Elleegant jumped to the top of Oaks betting at $2.50 following her win in Saturday’s 2000m race for three-year-old fillies, displacing stablemate Amphitrite, last week’s Thousand Guineas winner, who now is the $5 second pick.

Weir said he now needed to plot the right path towards the Oaks with Verry Elleegant who has only had two starts for the stable after arriving from New Zealand.